2007-01-29 16:35:39 · 8 answers · asked by Buda B 3 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
DEAD IS DEAD
2007-01-29 16:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by Brown guy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the snake has been exposed to such coldness that it becomes frozen, then it is 100% dead. Just because the ice melts doesn't mean it's going to come back to life again.
Even if you have a snake as a pet, you should never put it directly on the floor, because the draft blowing on the floor can make the snake cold and it will die. Snakes are endothermic (i.e., cold-blooded) and their body temperature shouldn't go below 70 degrees. (And freezing is like 32 degrees!!)
2007-01-30 13:48:01 · answer #2 · answered by Exotic traveler 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bah, accursed computer.
If you warm it up slowly there is a chance. A lot depends on how long it was out in what temperature, but if you wrap it in some towels and put the towels on a heating pad on the lowest setting possible, or just hold it in your hands for a while, as it warms up, it may become active. Don't try to warm it up quickly, this is not good. the slower the better.
Don't worry about feeding it any time soon if you intend on keeping it. Wait for it to start looking for food, it will have to recover from having been cold for a while most likely.
This process is known to work on iguanas. Of course the weather here in Florida doesn't do nearly what it does elsewhere, but it's not uncommon to meet people with iguanas they found in their yard after cold snaps and freezes.
2007-01-30 01:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is one particular type of garter snake that can survive being frozen. They have a certain element in their blood that acts like a type of anti-freeze & doesn't let the blood cells rupture when they freeze. I think it's the western garter snake.
2007-01-30 13:19:57 · answer #4 · answered by preacher55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think so since they are reptiles, as a child I can remember us having a concrete pond we would put gold small gold fish in the pond an every winter that the pond would freeze so would the fish. Then when the weather started warming up so would the pond an you would see the little fishes swimming. Also the gold fish would grow large/
2007-01-30 00:47:08 · answer #5 · answered by witcheywoman 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was frozen solid there is no hope for it but if it wasnt you can try to warm it up slowly.
2007-01-30 11:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it wont the freezing ruptures the cells in the body
2007-01-30 09:34:31 · answer #7 · answered by phil 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO
2007-01-30 21:46:13 · answer #8 · answered by IDK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋